alimentar
Portuguese, verb/a.li.mẽˈta(ʁ)/
alimentar is spelled A-L-I-M-E-N-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears 34 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,675th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alimentar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to feed; to eat (to consume food)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fornecer alimento a”.
What does alimentar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to feed; to eat (to consume food)
O urso passa o inverno sem se alimentar.
- 2
to feed (to give food to)
O fazendeiro acordou cedo para alimentar o gado.
- 3
to feed; to charge (provide with fuel or input)
Alimente o fogo com essa lenha.
- 4
to nurture (encourage the development of)
Esse tipo de comentário só serve para alimentar o ódio.
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinefood, nutrition
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo aos alimentos
verb: 1. fornecer alimento a 2. fomentar 3. fornecer energia (a um circuito ou dispositivo elétrico)
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo alimentar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo alimentar 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo alimentar 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo alimentar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alimentar
- alimento first-person present singular
- alimentei first-person preterite singular
- alimentado participle past
- alimentares infinitive second-person singular
- alimentarmos first-person infinitive plural
- alimentardes infinitive plural second-person
- alimentarem infinitive plural third-person
- alimentando gerund
- alimentados masculine participle past
- alimentada feminine participle past
- alimentadas feminine participle past
- alimentas indicative present second-person
- alimenta indicative present singular
- alimentamos first-person indicative plural
- alimentais indicative plural present
- alimentam indicative plural present
- alimentava first-person imperfect indicative
- alimentavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alimentar?
- Brazil /a.li.mẽˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.li.mẽˈta(h)]
- /a.li.mẽˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alimentar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alimentar in Portuguese?
alimentar appears 34 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).